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Day of marriage December 12, 1879

• The temperature on December 12, 1879 was about 1.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
  • March 23 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru.
  • May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
  • May 26 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
  • June 1 » Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
  • December 21 » World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Day of death May 15, 1898

• The temperature on May 15, 1898 was about 12.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • May 1 » Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.
  • June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
  • August 23 » The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
  • September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
  • November 3 » France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.
  • November 10 » Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1879 » Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (b. 1803)
• 1886 » Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)